PSY 302: Week 2 Weekly Review

Jonah is designing a professional prescreening test that needs to be reliable if his client organization is to use it. As such, which of the following questions should Jonah include on the test?

"When have you had to terminate an employee?"

Which of the following conditions would violate the principle of standardization?

All test takers are treated the same except for Desmond, who has a bad memory and so is allowed to bring his notes to the test.

__________ reliability describes the consistency of test scores if a person takes two similar versions of a test.

Alternate-Form

What does it mean that the United States has an individualistic culture?

Americans tend to emphasize individual success and accomplishment.

Which of the following is an example of an objective performance measure?

An artist's number of sold works

Jared has decided to retest a pool of applicants. Which of the following is the LEAST likely reason he decided to do this?

An interviewer recommended retesting

Judah wants to start using self-evaluations in his department but wants to make sure they are as accurate as possible. Which of the following measures should he take to achieve this?

Assure workers that the evaluations will only be used for self-development.

Luca tends to evaluate his subordinates as if they are all average, never casting them as either superior or inferior. What kind of rating error has he made?

Central Tendency

Doug is a manager who is holding a calibration meeting. Which of the following is most likely to take place during the meeting?

Doug will meet with other managers as a group to discuss how to rate the performance of workers in similar jobs.

What is a main issue with using probationary periods to improve job performance prediction?

Employees may perform better during the probation than over the long term.

Krista tends to believe that people's characteristics are fixed and very difficult to change, if at all. Which theory best describes Krista's outlook?

Entity implicit theory

Which of the following is TRUE of written narrative performance measures?

It is impossible to use them to compare workers who have different managers.

Ashanti is a sales performance analyst for a large finance company. She is asked to take a test that includes questions about her favorite foods, movies, books, and types of weather. Ashanti is confused about why she is being asked to take this test because it seems to have no relation to or bearing on her job. Which of the following is true about this test?

NOT low construct

Online tests have many advantages over paper-and-pencil tests. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Online tests make it easier to identify the test taker.

Which of the following evaluates a candidate's depth of knowledge and focuses on how accurately, rather than how quickly, he or she answers questions?

Power tests

Similar-to-me errors—in which evaluators give higher ratings to workers whom they perceive to be like them—are a type of __________ error.

Rater bias

Which of the following statements is indicative of a test's reliability?

There is a high correlation between test scores and performance outcomes.

Which of the following is a disadvantage or weakness of forced distribution performance measures?

They are not well suited for evaluating teams with either many superior or many poor performers.

Why might workers of the millennial generation respond particularly well to positive feedback and recognition?

They have been shown to rate development opportunities as more important than pay.

Which of the following is TRUE about behaviorally anchored rating scales?

They have high face validity.

What is an advantage of computer-adaptive tests?

They prevent test takers from wasting time on inappropriately difficult questions.

Which of the following statements is indicative of a test's validity?

Those who score favorably on the test have a higher chance of being high performers.

Kelly is an HR professional who frequently uses testing to assess and help employees across a variety of areas. In which of the following areas would Kelly be LEAST likely to use testing?

To help individuals balance their workload with their personal life

Which of the following statements is TRUE about how men and women score on the Big Five personality factors?

Women score higher than men in agreeableness.

Which of the following is an example of a subjective performance measure?

a program administrator's inclination for organization

Which of the following is the BEST example of an objective test?

achievement test

According to the Pareto efficiency principle, a performance appraisal system should emphasize those performance dimensions that have the highest __________.

benefit

Which of the following choices correctly expresses the major components of the performance management system?

building relationships and trust, providing continuous feedback, and setting expectations

How can recency errors be avoided?

by making sure employees get regular feedback on their performance throughout the year

How can 360o appraisals be made more effective?

by telling raters and managers how to interpret the rating scale

An employee named Philip has been asked to create a self-improvement plan. To do so, Philip needs all of the following EXCEPT __________.

calibration training to learn how other workers do his job

What type of validity seeks to establish a rational link between test questions and critical job-related behaviors?

content-related

I/O psychologists can use __________ validity to establish test validity.

criterion-related

A job advertisement for an on-site manager at a recycling facility requires applicants to repeatedly use a single muscle over an extended period of time. Which of Fleishman's physical ability dimensions is the hiring organization looking for?

dynamic strength

Anna is tasked with evaluating a group of 100 employees. Given the size of the group, which of the following performance measures would be BEST for her to use?

forced distribution

To learn how to better appraise employees, Felicia watches training videos that show fictional employees both making mistakes and doing well at their job. Felicia rates the employees and receives feedback on her ratings. What kind of training is Felicia receiving?

frame-of-reference (FOR) training

Michael needs to evaluate Kaliah by giving her a score of 1 to 5 in categories such as "attention to detail," "teamwork," and "organization." Which of the following performance measures is Michael most likely using?

graphic rating scale

What three types of simulated activities are typically included in an assessment center?

in-basket tasks, leaderless group discussions, and role-play exercises

Ximena wants to design a test for applicants for a statistician position that solely focuses on g factors. Given that, which of the following would it most likely test?

performance of general math skills

Joaquin wants to design a test that can predict negative behaviors that are subtly dishonest, such as absenteeism, insubordination, and substance abuse. What kind of test should he design?

personality-based integrity

The number of points a test taker scores on a test is called the __________.

raw score

Which of the following methods do I/O psychologists use to measure test reliability? Group of answer choices

split-halves

Juno lives in Japan, which has a collectivist culture. Juno has recently been promoted to senior vice president of his company. Given his country's culture, what would be the MOST appropriate way to inform Juno of his promotion?

telling him privately in a face-to-face, one-on-one meeting with his supervisor

As part of the job application process, Selina takes a cognitive skills test on which she gets 70 questions correct out of 100, which puts her in the 80th percentile. What does that mean, in this context?

that 80% of the people in the standardized sample scored lower than Selina

The authors discuss how people's tendency to overemphasize negativity has been attributed to four psychological factors, one of which is singularity. What does singularity mean, in this context?

that a single negative thing stands out because it is capable of ruining the performance of the whole

Anika wants to use a positivity test that is predictive of work performance and other desirable outcomes such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and overall well-being. Given that, which of the following should she NOT choose to use?

the Big Five personality test

Renee is administering a test to a group of job applicants. Renee should share all of the following with the applicant pool EXCEPT __________.

the test questions and scores

Melanie is conducting a performance appraisal of Curtis, who is her subordinate. Melanie could use the appraisal for any of the following actions EXCEPT __________.

to assess Curtis's personality

Which of the following has no bearing on a test's reliability?

variations in test takers' knowledge, skills, and abilities